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With the FTSE 100 struggling in recent years, many British investors have taken to the FTSE 250 to find attractive stocks. This is an index that regularly performs a couple of percentage points higher on an annualised basis. It shows more growth, basically, and that’s what we want when aiming for sizeable pension pots or a decent passive income.
Bubbling over
One stock that has been growing of late is AG Barr (LSE: BAG), the Scottish drinks manufacturer. The shares are up 29% over the past year, a bigger rise than three-quarters of Footsie constituents and four-fifths of FTSE 250 constituents. Pair that with a reasonable 2.49% dividend and this is a stock that investors may wish to consider for their portfolios.
While AG Barr isn’t exactly a household name, its products like Irn-Bru, Tizer along with those it sells under licence like Orangina and Rockstar surely are….
